Books that you thought would be good and weren't?

[GotThatSwing]

^ That's actually what makes me put away the book. They have some weird sence of what is good.

[StephenKingman]

^ That's actually what makes me put away the book. They have some weird sence of what is good.

I almost never give up a book once i start but i found it very very hard to see it through to the end, i wouldnt even call it a book in my opinion, its just a series of diary-type ramblings about meaningless nights out

[Orual]

Glad Sarabell made mention of The Shack. I loved the idea of the book, I think it COULD have been great. Instead it was the most insultingly condescending thing I've read in years. It was indeed written for a 6 yr old level of understanding.

[Scottbuda]

Son of a Witch, a lot of slow boring sequences.

[Rockinroller]

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I thought it was going to be this epic book with lots of interesting events and battles and such.
Everyone had such high praise and loved it. I forced myself through the second book thinking it would get better. I resisted the urge to launch it across the room halfway through.
I felt like it was a sappy fantasy book that some teen wrote.
Like Christopher Paolini. (ducks incoming objects)

I read the Jordan series up until book 11 - when one day you put the book down and think, jeez, this story hasn't evolved at all in the last 11 books... And there you are, a few thousand pages later, having wasted a lot of time.

Also I read book two in Jeanne Kalogridis "Children of the Vampire" series. It was really a disappointment, the first book being nerve-rattling and epic - the second being merely decadent...

[Tierst]

Might cause some debate with these:

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
Which I found quite boring, I never really connected with Holden, or understood the big deal, and I have yet to find someone who can enlighten me, other than saying "WHAT?? It's a great book!!"

Focault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco
Frequently added to top 100 lists and referred to as an intellectual Da Vinci Code, can't help but wonder if people just say this because they are too embaressed to admit that there's so much "intellect" it's a battle to read and even more difficult to keep track of what's happening in the core plot. I think good books should be readable...

Everything you just said summarized everything I was planning to say.

I also really loathed the Outlander series. I loved the first book. To be honest, it should have been a stand alone. Second one I had to drag myself through the beginning. Third one made me sick to read because of the continual betrayal of Jamie (sorry, spoilers).

Also, about twilight... I don't disagree with those who hate it per say; however, you have to keep in mind that it wasn't meant to be a book that kept straight to previous fiction. It's a pre-teen love story that added a bit of fantasy. Naturally, not all pre-teen girls are going to love it, but it seems to be getting out of hand with people flaming this book and Stephenie herself.
Getting a little tired of it to be honest. It's like giving Shakespeare to a 5th grader, of course they can't appreciate it in the same way someone older would.[/b]

[readingaddict]

The Rose Labyrinth by Titiana Hardie

At a guesstimate I would say I have attempted to read the book about 8 times and never got further than about page 10. I'm a lover of historical fiction but I should have known when the first sentence of the prologue was 'a snow-bearded, elderly man is seated at the head of a refectory table, close to a fire, his head bowed' that the book was a exciting as that old man.

Don't waste your time or your money.